A handy all-in-one tool for reading resistor color code values for a 4 band resistor, 5 band resistor, or 6 band resistor.
The Rules of Binary Addition Adding binary numbers is a very simple…
The manufacture of only silicon based semiconductors is described…
Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) uses digital signals to control power…
The SPICE (Simulation Program, Integrated Circuit Emphesis)…
Define the following acronyms as they apply to digital logic circuits:…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
Shift registers, like counters, are a form of sequential…
Before the advent of solid-state logic circuits, logical control…
Read the following quotation, and then research the term…
A principal consideration for industrial control networks, where the…
The “vocabulary” of instructions which any particular…
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of interpreting ladder diagrams,…
This calculator helps you compute the characteristic impedance of an embedded microstrip.
In these hands-on semiconductor electronics experiments, learn to build and test circuits using discrete silicon (Si) devices, including diodes and transistors. Also, learn important circuit designs, including rectifiers, current mirrors, amplifiers, and oscillators.
A decoder is a circuit that changes a code into a set of signals. It…
Most integrated circuits are digital, based on MOS (CMOS) transistors.…
One caveat with signed binary numbers is that of overflow, where the…
With addition being easily accomplished, we can perform the operation…
This calculator computes the inductance of a wire coil.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build an edge-triggered S-R flip-flop, learn the difference between a latch and a flip-flop, and experience how a switch bounce can cause logic errors.
When a transistor is in the fully-off state (like an open switch), it…
Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…
Factoring Identities : a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b) a2 + 2ab + b2…
When an electric current is passed through a coil of wire, what…
This calculator will determine the instantaneous energy, sustained energy, and power consumed by an electrical system given two of the three electrical parameters (voltage, current, or resistance) and the time.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
As we saw with DC measurement circuits, the circuit configuration…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
This calculator helps determine the maximum temperature a device can withstand
For reference, this section introduces the terminology used in some…
As the name suggests, the tetrode tube contains four elements: cathode…
What do you think this logic buffer gate will do, with the output…
In many disciplines of science and engineering, very large and very…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a full-wave bridge rectifier using silicon diodes and learn some of this circuit's advantages and disadvantages.
Mathematical rules are based on the defining limits we place on the…